“However much we may avoid this thought, each of us is moving towards the day when we will leave this world. But the Christian does not ask only: How will I die? The far more important question is: How do I live before I die?
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“The Christian passes in soul from transient earthly life to eternal heavenly life while awaiting the resurrection of the dead—that is, eternal life for the body as well
“the Dormition calls every Orthodox Christian to prepare for the passage from earthly life to heavenly life
“The question is not whether to love it, but how to love it rightly. Our citizenship is in heaven, says the Apostle, and from there we await the Savior. Remembering this does not mean despising the earth. It means refusing to demand from it what it could never give us in the first place – an unshakable foundation.
“the Church does not seek to provide easy answers to the mystery of death, but instead stands beside those who mourn and offers them the hope of the Resurrection.
“following the Resurrection of Christ, death can no longer be regarded as the ultimate end of human existence